My List of Middle Grader Fiction
Discover the best middle-grade fiction books with our curated list! Perfect for young readers, explore engaging stories, adventures, and must-read titles for middle graders.



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Bartimaeus: Amulet of Samarkand, The (Book One)
by Jonathan Stroud
Nathaniel is a magician's apprentice, taking his first lessons in the arts of magic. But when a devious hot-shot wizard named Simon Lovelace ruthlessly humiliates …

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Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.


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Dormia
by Jake Halpern
After learning of his ancestral ties to Dormia, a hidden kingdom in the Ural Mountains whose inhabitants possess the ancient power of "wakeful sleeping," twelve-year-old …

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A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
He was born on the island of Gont, a land famous for pirates, goatherds and...wizards. The boy Ged begins an epic journey that takes him …



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Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper
Three children find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a quest for a grail that would reveal the true story of King Arthur.

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The Golden Compass
Lyra Belacqua, and her dæmon, Pan, live in a world that is similar to our own, but also very different. The disappearance of Lyra's best …

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Shadowmancer
by G. P. Taylor
When Obadiah Demurral, the power-hungry Vicar of Thorpe, attempts to become a god by dabbling in magic, Raphah (who has come from Africa to get …

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The Penderwicks
by Jeanne Birdsall
This series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for …


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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest - Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!' All hands on deck for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime! …

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The Book of Dead Days
by Marcus Sedgwick
With the help of his servant and an orphan girl, a magician named Valerian searches graveyards, churches, and underground waterways for a book he hopes …

